North Korean defector issues stark warning about America ahead of Christian university's anti-communism event

Cornerstone University, a Christian school in Michigan, is holding an anti-communist event, bringing in scholars and survivors of oppressive regimes.Dr.Gerson Moreno-Riaño, the president of Cornerstone University, said the school chose the theme months ago, as it saw public opinion across the country sway toward communism and socialism.

The October 1 event is titled, "Why Not Communism? A Wisdom Conversation on Freedom, Faith and the Future of America.""Frankly, we became alarmed and concerned because the history of communism, socialism is a dark one," Moreno-Riaño told Fox News Digital.OPINION: WANT TO STOP SOCIALISM? A MODERN CIVIC EDUCATION NEEDS A LOT MORE THAN YOU'D THINKNorth Korean defector Yeonmi Park, who is set to address Cornerstone University, warns that if America falls, the world could be doomed.(Andrew Lichtenstein/ Corbis via Getty Images)"We thought we need to step up as a university committed to educating men and women for our country and really inform the community, educate the community and our students and the country at large about the moral bankruptcy of communism and socialism," he added.The university is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which sits in Kent County, an area where Democratic U.S.

Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won more than 61% of the vote in the primary, according to state records.El-Sayed famously campaigned with controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who defended communism as the "honorable end goal" of socialism, giving the event added relevance.The event speakers include Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, Dr.

Gary Saul Morson — a scholar of Soviet communism — Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution survivor Xi Van Fleet and North Korean defector Yeonmi Park."Yeonmi Park's story is incredible, as a defector of North Korea.Xi Van Fleet, her time in a labor camp in China.

And what they saw, what they experienced, what they witnessed is absolutely essential, because there are certain similarities between what happened in No...